KERATIN BIOMATERIAL SCAFFOLDS FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION

Peripheral nerve injury is a relevant clinical concern. Although surgical management of these injuries has improved over time, the current "gold standard" for nerve transection injury, autograft, has many limitations. Nerve conduits are used as an alternative to autograft surgery but they are currently recommended for the repair of small defects (≤ 3cm) in small diameter sensory nerves only. Use of filler materials inside the conduit have been shown to increase the defect size in which conduits can be effective and can result in greater functional recovery in animal models.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Pace, Lauren

• Biomaterials

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/38523

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/38523